Let me play you Beethoven like you've never heard before, with guitars, bass, drums, strings, and synths.I hope these recordings of my modern arrangements will encourage young players to delve into experimenting more with classical music.

ok no more hand tools: I was struck in my left hand with a sledge hammer on the 3rd of July. At the time it was extremely painful but I seemed to have managed through it. Later I find that there were no broken bones, just broken skin and a lot of bruising. Whew! Now I just want to be clear....there was no alcohol or drugs involved before or after injury. Playing any kind of instrument seemed to be out for the time being. O.k I can handle that! I can always work on mixing and mastering some unfinished pieces.
Yesterday, I created more pain along with agony by seriously cutting my middle finger of the left hand, us...

it blows: it's been quite some time since I pulled out my old trumpet. I figured since I did learn to play it back in music college, it might be a good way to keep music/jazz in my life since playing guitar or keys seems to be out right now.
The spit valves were leaking as the cork had disintegrated and the valves were stuck from lack of use and oil. I remembered an old trick to loosen the valves, clean them out with tooth paste. The tooth paste has an abrasive which cleans off all that crud making the valves smooth again. Getting out the stuck valves was a challenge but after cleaning, oiling the va...